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Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company The Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company was a company chartered in 1895 to operate steamboats on the Lake of Bays, and a series of lakes connecting to Huntsville in the northern section of the Muskoka Lakes District of Ontario, Canada.
Huntsville Depot The Huntsville Depot located on the Norfolk Southern Railroad line in downtown Huntsville is the oldest surviving railroad depot in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States. Completed in 1860, the depot served as division headquarters for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
Hunyadi Hunyadi (also Hunyady in historical sources) is a notable Hungarian noble family, with Vlach (Romanian) and Magyar ancestry. Their Vlach ancestry is the subject of much heated debate, but most reliable sources say their paternal lineage was Romanian but they became Roman Catholic and embraced their Hungarian side because Hungarians had a much higher status in Transylvania at the time.
Hunz Hunz (born December 15 1976, real name Johannes Van Vliet), is one of the familiar names involved in the demoscene of the 1990s. He grew up in Brisbane, Australia and began working on tracker music in his early teens.
Hunza (princely state) Hunza (Urdu: ہنزہ) was a former princely state in the northernmost part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, which existed until 1974. The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south, the former princely state of Nagar to the east, China to the north and Afghanistan to the northwest.
Huo Guang Huo Guang (Traditional Chinese: 霍光) (d. 68 BC) was a Western Han statesman who was a rare example in Chinese history of a powerful official who deposed an emperor for the good of the state rather than to usurp the throne.
Huon Astrapia The Huon Astrapia, Astrapia rothschildi is a medium-sized, up to 69cm long, bird of paradise. The male has black plumage with a glossed blue crown, dark olive green back, an iridescence purple green elongated nape feathers, and a very long and broad purplish black tail.
Huon class minehunter The Huon class Minehunter Coastal (MHC) ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy to meet the need for an advanced mine detection platform to secure Australian waters. Based on the Gaeta class minehunters designed for the Italian Navy, the Australian Department of Defence's Sea 1555 project called for similar vessels to be constructed by Australian Defence Industries (ADI), based on the Gaetas, but modified with increased mine warfare capabilities, improved accommodation, and a suitability for Australian conditions.
Huon of Bordeaux Huon of Bordeaux is the title character of a 13th century French epic (chanson de geste). He is a knight who, after unwittingly killing Charlot, the son of Emperor Charlemagne, is given a reprieve from death on condition that he fulfill a number of seemingly impossible tasks: he must travel to the court of the Amir in Babylon and return with a handful of the amir's hair and teeth, kill the Amir's mightiest knight, and kiss the Amir's daughter.
Huong Dien Huong Dien (Vietnamese: Hướng Điền) is a district of Thua Thien-Hue province in Vietnam. Here was the site of the Huong Dien massacre in July 1955 by Ngo Dinh Diem troops, killing hundreds of local villagers.
Huong Keenleyside Huong Keenleyside (born Nguyen Thi Huong) is a Vietnamese author who has had considerable success in her own country. Born in 1971 in Hanoi, she lived initally in her father's native village in Tan Yen District in Bac Giang Province.
Huong river Deriving from Truong Son Mountain, the two springs Ta Trach and Huu Trach meet at the junction of Tuan (or ‘Bang Lang’ used in popular speech) and create the Huong River (Perfume River). The river then flows in south-north direction past the temples of Hon Chen and Ngoc Tran and then turns north-west, meandering through the Nguyet Bieu and Luong Quan plains.
Huonville High School Huonville High School is a public, co-educational school situated in the small town of Huonville, Tasmania, Australia. The school was founded in 1940 as the 'Huonville Area School', and was the only secondary school south of Hobart (the state capital, approximately 42 kilometers north).
Huonville Lions The Huonville Lions Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League (Tasmania), also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.
Huopalahti railway station Huopalahti railway station (Finnish Huopalahden asema; Swedish Hoplax station) is a station on the VR commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is located about six kilometres to the north/northwest of Helsinki Central railway station.
Huoshan Huangya tea Huoshan Huangya () is a yellow tea from Anhui Province in China, it is the Imperial Tribute Tea and dates back to the Ming Dynasty. The dry tea leaves have a shiny appearance and are very similar to Huangshan Mao Feng, when steeped the leaves reveal a very peppery and fresh taste accompanied by an unusual green-yellow color of the brew.
Huot, Minnesota Huot is a place name for an unincorporated community in Louisville Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota. The name of the village evokes the French-Canadian and Metis history of the Red River ox cart trails and the Pembina settlements of Assiniboia.
Huozhou Huozhou (霍州市, Huòzhōu) is a county-level city between the cities of Lingshi and Linfen in the prefecture of Linfen 临汾市 in the province of Shanxi of the People's Republic of China. The population of Huozhou has risen to more than 100,000 inhabitants in the course of the early years of the 21st century.
Huperzia Huperzia is a genus of Lycophyte plants, sometimes known as the Firmosses or Fir clubmosses. These species have traditionally been included in the related genus Lycopodium, but the trend in recent treatments has been to place them in a separate genus.
Huperzia porophila Huperzia porophila, Rock firmoss, grows throughout the Appalachian province of the Eastern United States, but is rare east of the Appalachians, being most common in a north-south belt along the western plateau area.
Huperzine A Huperzine A, is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene alkaloid found in the extracts of the firmoss Huperzia serrata. The extract has been used in China for centuries for the treatment of swelling, fever and blood disorders.
Hupmobile The Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1940 by the Hupp Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan which was located at 345 Belleview Avenue. Their first car, the Model 20, was introduced to the public at the Detroit Auto Show in February 1909.
Huqúqu'lláh Huqúqu'lláh (, "Right of God"), sometimes called the Law of Huqúq is a socio-economic and spiritual law of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, a charter document of the Bahá'í Faith. In its most basic form, it states that Bahá'ís should pay a 19% voluntary tax on any wealth in excess of what is necessary to live comfortably, after the remittance of any outstanding debt, to the head of the Bahá'í Faith.
Huqin Huqin ([pinyin]: hĂşqĂ­n) are a family of bowed [[string instruments used in Chinese music. They consist of a round, hexagonal, or octagonal sound box at the bottom with a stick attached that protrudes upwards.
Huqiu Tower Yunyan Pagoda, also known as Huqiu Tower, has been named China’s Leaning Tower of Pisa by world architects. Situated outside Changmen, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, it is also known as the Yunyan Temple Tower.
Hur Jun (TV series) Hur Jun (허준, Chinese title: 醫道, also known as "The Way of Medicine: The Epic Doctor Hur Jun" in Taiwan, and "The Way of Medicine" in Hong Kong) is a 2000 TV Biographical Drama broadcast by the South Korean TV channel MBC. It was aired by Taiwan's TTV in 2002 and Hong Kong's TVB in 2005, after the finale of Dae Jang Geum.
Huracan In Maya mythology, Huracan (also Hurakan, from Mayan Jun Raqan "one legged") was a wind, storm and fire god and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity. He also caused the Great Flood after the first humans angered the gods.
Huracán de Comodoro Rivadavia Club Atlético Huracán are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Comodoro Rivadavia, in the Province of Chubut in Argentina. They currently play in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Huracán de Fuego The group of the Venezuelan Caribbean, Huracán de Fuego, arrived with the only aim to sing and to dance the drum. A drum, or better, drums taken to the area of Maracaibo by black enslaved coming from which today it is Angola, the Congo and Zaire.
Huracán Ramírez Huracán Ramírez was a fictitious character invented for the 1952 Mexican wrestling movie of the same name. In the film a young Mexican, whose father is a professional wrestler, decides to follow his father's footsteps by adopting the secret identity of Huracán Ramírez, a masked luchador, who fights in the ring in spite of his father's wishes to the contrary.
Hurban Hurban is a relatively new radio programming format from radio chain giant Clear Channel Communications. Hurban radio stations target young Hispanics in the United States, primarily consisting of reggaeton, hip-hop, and dance music.
Hurby Azor Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor is the producer responsible for discovering the successful female rap trio Salt N Pepa. In the mid 1980s, with the fad of rap response records all the rage, Hurby had them record a response to Doug E.
Hurdles (pricing game) Hurdles was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Lasting from February 19, 1976 to March 31, 1983, it was played for a large prize worth more than $1,000, and used grocery items.
Hurdling (horse race) A Hurdle is a National Hunt horse race where the horses run over obstacles called hurdles that are over three and a half feet high. They are typically made of relatively thin pieces of wood, that have some give in them.
Hurds Deep Hurd's Deep or Hurd Deep is a deep underwater valley in the English channel. After World War II the allies dumped 5,000 tons of ammunition(some radioactive) in this part of the channel and it is still an ongoing environmental concern.
Hurdy gurdy A hurdy gurdy (or hurdy-gurdy, also known as a wheel fiddle) is a stringed musical instrument in which the strings are sounded by means of a rosined wheel which the strings of the instrument pass over. This wheel, turned with a crank, functions much like a violin bow.
Hurewicz theorem In mathematics, the Hurewicz theorem is a basic result of algebraic topology, connecting homotopy theory with homology theory via a map known as the Hurewicz homomorphism. The theorem is due to Witold Hurewicz.
Hurffville School Hurffville Elementary School is one of the oldest schools in the Washington Township Public School District in Washington Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Built in 1957, Hurffville was designed as an open air environment school, meaning all of the classrooms are connected by sidewalks instead of hallways.
Huria Kristen Batak Protestant The Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP), which translates into the Batak Christian Protestant Church, is the largest Protestant denomination in Indonesia, with a a reported membership of almost three million faithful. Its present leader is the Ephorus (or Archbishop) Rev.
Hurlbat A hurlbat or whirlbat is a ranged weapon consisting of an entirely metal throwing axe sharpened on every auxiliary end to a point or blade, practically guaranteeing some form of damage against its target. They were known to be popular in Europe from the mid 1400's to the mid 1600's.
Hurlburt Field Hurlburt Field is a base of the United States Air Force located in Okaloosa County, Florida on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation immediately west of the Town of Mary Esther. It is home of the Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters, the Joint Special Operations University and the 1st Special Operations Wing.
Hurlet Hurlet (or The Hurlet) is a small semi-rural district and former mining village, straddling the Renfrewshire-Glasgow border near the town of Barrhead in the lowlands of Scotland. During the early twentieth century, most of the Hurlet was consigned to the history books when the Paisley-to-East Kilbride road, which cut through the village, was widened to become a dual carriageway.
Hurley (stick) A hurley, also known as a camán (the Irish word), and lesser known as hurl, a hurley stick, or (jocular eye dialect) shtick, is a wooden stick measuring between 70 and 100 cm (26 to 40 inches) long with a flattened, curved end (called the bas), used to hit a sliotar (leather ball) in the Irish sport of hurling. It is also used in camogie, the female equivalent, and there often called a camogie stick.
Hurley Haywood Hurley Haywood (born May 4, 1948 in Chicago) is an American who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 (Porsche 936), 1983 (Porsche 956)and 1994 (Dauer-Porsche 962) and is the most winning driver at the 24 Hours of Daytona with 5
Hurley River The Hurley River is a major tributary of the Bridge River of west-central British Columbia, and was in fact earlier known as the South Fork of that larger river. It was for a while known as "Hamilton's River" after Danny Hamilton, an American who was among the first to settle in the goldfields region of the upper Bridge River, but by the 1920s that name was changed to the Hurley River, commemorating one of the main pioneers of the Lillooet Country, Dan Hurley.
Hurley-Pugh Hurley-Pugh Motor Bicycles, a division of the Hurley-Pugh Aeroplane Company, produced large-capacity motorcycles in Scunthorpe, England, from 1913 until 1943. The brainchild of engineer Alaric Pugh and entrepreneur Sir John Hurley, details of the factory's output may be found at the The Hurley-Pugh Owners' and Enthusiasts' Club (HPOEC) website credited with being the largest capacity motorcycle in the world, the original 100 cubic inch (1650cc) engine has long been outstripped by such behemoths as the 2300cc 2004 Triumph Rocket 3 [http://www.
Hurlford United F.C. Hurlford United Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in Hurlford, near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. Nicknamed The Ford, they were formed in 1938 and play at Blair Park, wearing Red and White strips (uniforms).
Hurlingham Club (Argentina) The Hurlingham Club of Argentina is a famous country club and polo club in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires Province. It is named after the Hurlingham Club in London and was set up in 1888 by the local Anglo-Argentine community.
Hurlingham Park Hurlingham Park is a multi-use stadium in London, England[ It is currently used mostly for football] matches and [[Athletics (track and field)|athletics events[ It is best known as the location for Monty Python]'s [[Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch. The venue opened in 1879.
Hurlingham Polo Association The Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA) is the governing body for polo in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Federation of International Polo produces the International Rules of Polo through a cooperative agreement with the Hurlingham Polo Association, the AsociaciĂłn Argentina de Polo plus the United States Polo Association] its jurisdiction, the Hurlingham Polo Associationis responsible for implementing the rules of polo and for disciplining player who commit infractions against these rules.
Hurlstone Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School (abbreviated HAHS) is a selective agricultural secondary school for students from Years 7 to 12 in Glenfield, the oldest of its type in New South Wales, Australia. It is unique in that it is the state's only public selective and agricultural school that also includes a coeducational boarding school.
Hurlstone Park, New South Wales Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 10 km south-west of the Sydney central business district on the northern bank of the Cooks River.
Hurmala Hurmala Ibn Kahil Al Asadi Alkoofi was the killer of the infant of the Imam Hussain. When the Imam had lost all hope in the enemy, he came out riding on a camel and asked for water, not for himself, but for his small child who was dying of thirst.
Hurmuzachi brothers The Hurmuzachi brothers, Alexandru (1823-1871), Constantin (1811-1869), Eudoxiu (1812-1878), and Gheorghe (1817-1882), were members of a leading family of Romanian nobles in Austrian Bukovina, activists in the Romanian national movement in Bukovina and elsewhere.
Hurn Hurn is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated between the River Stour and River Avon in Christchurch borough, five miles north east of Bournemouth city centre. The village has a population of 468 (2001).
Huron Carol The "Huron Carol" (or "'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime") is a Christmas hymn, written in 1643 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Christian missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he is born").
Huron Central Railway Huron Central Railway is a Canadian railroad operating company owned by Genesee and Wyoming, which in 1997 leased the approximately 305 km long Canadian Pacific Railway branch between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Huron Centre Huron Centre was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1882. This riding was created from parts of Huron North and Huron South ridings.
Huron East, Ontario The Municipality of Huron East is located in Huron County, Ontario. It was formed in 2001 as an amalgamation of the former Grey, McKillop and Tuckersmith townships with the town of Seaforth and village of Brussels due to an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time.
Huron Islands The Huron Islands are a group of eight small, rocky islands in Lake Superior, located about three miles offshore from the mouth of the Huron River in Marquette County, Michigan. Together they comprise the Huron National Wildlife Refuge, a unit of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
Huron Lightship The Huron Lightship is a lightvessel that was launched in 1920 and now a museum ship moored in Port Huron, Michigan. Originally commissioned as Lightship Number 103, it operated primarily in southern Lake Huron near Port Huron and the mouth of the St.
Huron Mountain Club The Huron Mountain Club is a private club whose land holdings in Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan constitute one of the largest tracts of primeval forest in the Great Lakes region. Formed circa 1890, the Club consists of around 50 rustic cabins and support structures clustered inside about 20,000 acres (100 km²) of land, encompassing much of the Huron Mountains area.
Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation The Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with the sole mission of supporting research in ecology, geology, and other field sciences in the Lake Superior region. It was established over fifty years ago, and has supported a wide range of research focusing on the natural history of the Huron Mountains region.
Huron South Huron South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Huron into two ridings: Huron North and Huron South.
Huron Swamp The Huron Swamp is a large, heavily forested wetland located in Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, or nine miles northwest of Pontiac. It is part of the local Indian Springs Metropark, which is then a component of the Huron-Clinton Metroparks system.
Huron University College Huron University College is an affiliated college of the University of Western Ontario. It is also affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada and offers a Master of Divinity programme which is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
Huron Valley Lutheran High School Huron Valley Lutheran High School is a secondary school affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, serving the Southeast Michigan Area and supported by the 16 congergation strong 'conference of congergations'.
Huron-Wendat Nation The Huron-Wendat Nation is a Huron-Wendat First Nation whose community and reserve is at Wendake, Quebec, a municipality now enclosed within Quebec City in Canada. In the French language, used by most members of the First Nation, they are known as the Nation Huronne-Wendat.
Huron—Bruce Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.
Hurr Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Riyahi was the commander of Yazid I’s regiment, who had obstructed Hussain ibn Ali’s way near Kufa, was also present in the enemy’s forces in Karbala. He spent all his time in repenting and feeling very guilty for having obstructed the way of the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed, and blamed himself for bringing the third Shi’a Imam (Hussain ibn Ali) to Karbala.
Hurra Deutschland Hurra Deutschland (English: "Hurrah Germany") was a German satirical series running from 1987 to 1991, appearing regularly on TV. It was easily distinguished because of its use of rubber puppets modelled on politicians and celebrities, who were poked fun of in various sketches.
Hurra Hurra Die Schule Brennt "Hurra Hurra Die Schule Brennt" is a song by German band Extrabreit, with the title meaning "Hurrah Hurrah the school is burning". UK group Busted covered the song in 2003, with verses rewritten in English and the original chorus being sung in German.
Hurra Torpedo Hurra Torpedo is Norway's most famous kitchen appliance band, formed in the early nineties. They are a part of the artistic collective Duplex Records, and all members of the band also play in a variety of other bands in Norway.
Hurrian language Hurrian is a conventional name for the language of the Hurrians (Khurrites), a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC and had mostly vanished by 1000 BC. Hurrian was the language of the Mitanni kingdom in northern Mesopotamia, and was likely spoken at least initially in Hurrian settlements in Syria.
Hurrians The Hurrians (also Khurrites Hittites on Bartleby.; cuneiform Ḫu-ur-ri ) were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia and areas to the immediate east and west, beginning approximately 2500 BC.
Hurricane (band) Hurricane was an 80s metal band originally featuring Kelly Hansen (vocals), Robert Sarzo (guitar), Tony Cavazo (bass), and Jay Schellen (drums). Hurricane will always be remembered as being the band formed by the kid brothers of Quiet Riot's Carlos Cavazo and Rudy Sarzo.
Hurricane (pipe) Hurricane is the name a high-end pipe ostensibly sold for tobacco use, although it is most commonly used to smoke cannabis. It is manufactured in Germany, and is widely known for its expensive and unique design.
Hurricane (ride) The Hurricane (also known as the Saturn 6) is an amusement ride created by Frank Hrubrtz & Co. The Hurricane was first created in 1972, and is directly based on the older Saturn 6, which first operated in 1948.
Hurricane (song) "Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan about the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles alleged acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction.
Hurricane Abby (1968) Hurricane Abby was the first named storm and first hurricane of the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season. Abby was one of four tropical cyclones to strike Florida during the 1968 season and one of three tropical cyclones to form in June of 1968.
Hurricane Able The name Able has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first letter of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, which was used from 1950 to 1952 for tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. A rare June hurricane, it made landfall on Florida before moving northeastward and hitting New England as a tropical storm, with the worst damage occurring in parts of northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
Hurricane Alberto (2000) Hurricane Alberto was a Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed over the Atlantic Ocean on August 3, 2000 and became extratropical on August 23, 2000. Alberto was the first named storm, the first hurricane and the first major hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Alex (2004) Hurricane Alex was the first named storm, the first hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Alex, the first storm of the season, formed unusually late in the season, the fifth latest since 1954.
Hurricane Alice Hurricane Alice is the only known Atlantic hurricane to span two calendar years, and one of only two named tropical cyclones, along with Tropical Storm Zeta of 2005, to do so. The twelfth tropical cyclone and the eighth hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season, Alice developed on December 30, 1954 from a trough of low pressure in the central Atlantic Ocean in an area of unusually favorable conditions.
Hurricane Allison (1995) Hurricane Allison was the first named storm and first hurricane of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. It was an early season hurricane that delivered heavy rains and caused minor damage, primarily across Cuba, Florida and Georgia.
Hurricane Beta (2005) Hurricane Beta was the twenty-third named storm, fourteenth hurricane, and seventh major hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed in the southwest Caribbean Sea in late October, and on October 30 made landfall on the Mosquito Coast in the north of the Nicaraguan Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Hurricane Betsy Hurricane Betsy was a powerful hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. Betsy made its most intense landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans; at the time it was the costliest hurricane in the history of the United States, and, as the first hurricane to cause over a billion dollars in damages, earned the nickname "Billion-Dollar Betsy".
Hurricane Bob (1985) Hurricane Bob was a minimal hurricane that affected the southeast United States in July, 1985. The second tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from a tropical wave on July 21 in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Bonnie (1998) Hurricane Bonnie was the second named storm, first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. A Cape Verde-type hurricane, Bonnie formed in August 1998 where it skirted the northern Leeward Islands before making landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina as a Category 2 storm.
Hurricane Brass Band The Hurricane Brass Band was a brass band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Established by Leroy Jones in 1974 when the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band was disbanded, the group included Jones and Gregory Davis on trumpet, Darryl Adams on alto saxophone, and Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen on sousaphone.
Hurricane Carol Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones to affect New England, United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, and gradually strengthened as it moved northwestward.
Hurricane Celia Hurricane Celia was the third named tropical cyclone of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season, and prowled through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico between July 31 and August 5. The storm caused $450 million (1970 US dollars) and killed 16 people in Cuba and Texas.
Hurricane Celia (disambiguation) The name Celia has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It was used in the Atlantic before the formal naming system was instituted; though it was retired following the 1970 storm, it remains on the Eastern Pacific list.
Hurricane Cesar-Douglas Hurricane Cesar was the third named storm of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem the region a disaster area.
Hurricane Cindy (2005) Hurricane Cindy was a tropical cyclone that briefly reached minimal hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico during July in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the third named storm and first hurricane of the season.
Hurricane Claudette (2003) Hurricane Claudette was the third tropical storm and first hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. A fairly long-lived July Atlantic hurricane, Claudette began as a tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Hurricane Connie Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. Connie struck as a Category 2, causing major flooding and inflicting extensive damage to the Outer Banks and inland to Raleigh.
Hurricane Connie (disambiguation) The name Connie has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It was used in the Atlantic before the formal naming system was instituted, and in the Pacific with the old four-year lists.
Hurricane Dalila The name Dalila has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. However, before 1995, it was known as Dalilia, the Spanish form of "Delilah"; it was changed, perhaps inadvertently, in operational documents prior to the 1995 season, and the misspelling has remained.

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